Zork I
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 Adventure  Underground |
| Zork I | |
|---|---|
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| Author(s) | Marc Blank and Dave Lebling |
| Publisher(s) | Personal Software, Infocom, Activision |
| Release date(s) | Dec-1980 |
| Authoring system | ZIL |
| Platform(s) | Z-code |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Commercial |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Cruelty to be determined |
Contents
How It Begins
You are an adventurer, seeking treasure and the Great Underground Empire. You begin west of the white house. As you explore the land around the house and the caves below it, you discover more than just treasure...
Notable Features
Trivia and Comments
- Zork I inspired the parody Pork 1: The Great Underground Sewer System (Anonymous; 1998; AGT).
Versions
Personal Software release
Infocom releases
- Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (authors: Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publisher: Infocom; YEAR TBD; Z-code).
Hugo port
- Hugo Zork: The Great Underground Empire (porter: John Menichelli; 1997; Hugo).
Availability
- Zork I is included on both The Lost Treasures of Infocom Volume I and the Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom CD-ROMs.
- In 2001, the Zork trilogy was briefly available for free download from the Activision website as part of their promotion for Zork: Grand Inquisitor. Activision retains the copyright to Zork I, and any other sites that offer the game for free download are very likely doing so illegally.
Links
- Zork I at Wikipedia.
Spoilers
Here are links to collections of solutions. Each collection contains either hints or a solution for Zork I:
- Download hints.many from the IF Archive - hints by Anonymous.
- Download jgunness.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Jacob Gunness.
- Download Sols1.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
- Download Sols2.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
- Download Sols3.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
| Zork trilogy by Infocom | ||
| Zork I (1980) | Zork II (1981) | Zork III (1982) |
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